At Origamo we think that the use of Organic raw materials is a very important step because it sets the production process on a right track.

However the use of Organic materials on its own is not always enough.

The additive chemicals applied on the fibers downstream in the production process, especially in the dyeing operations, can be as well very harmful for the environment if not well managed by the factories, and it can as well be harmful for the skin and health of the people wearing the clothing.

This is why the Origamo Pacific Polo collection yarn has been dyed by one of our partner which is both *GOTS certified and **OEKOTEX class I certified. For us this is strong commitment toward the knowledge and the control of the chemicals used to produce our garments, and especially toward the non-use of harmful substances in the product dyes. It means too that the factory have an efficient waste management process for the chemical scraps.

* The Global Organic Textile Standard is a one of the most demanding international processing standard for textile leading made from certified organically produced raw materials.

First Fair Clothing means that the brand wants to be fair to its customers. Concretely this is about delivering great products with the expected quality. We want to be able to stand proudly for all of the Origamo apparel.

By the way if you have met our Founder Nicolas, he was probably wearing its favorite Origamo Pacific Polo :-)

Then the second aspect, immensely important too, is about being fair to the people working hard to make the Origamo products. In the ready to wear industry the weakest link is usually what happens in the manufacturing factories, what is called the CMT units.We have set up a due diligence process to check the good working conditions in the factory producing the Origamo clothing.

We used the 12 principles of the Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) to define our meaning of acceptable working conditions. These principle has been hugely inspired from works of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

To enforce these principles, our method combines on site visits in the off-shore factories of course, office due diligence, and very important too, the establishment of open, strong, and durable links with our manufacturing partners.

Organic and Fair is the message that our clients send when buying Origamo products.

When you buy the Origamo Organic and Fair Polos you are one of the good guys doing things the right way.

Certainly not me :-), by the way I’m Nicolas the founder of Origamo, the Organic and Fair Clothing menswear brand.

In 2015 when accompanying my wife to the United-States I took a radically new turn from my previous life as a bank employee toward a more ambitious project … following the dream of building my very own cool company.

I knew that I wanted to build something from the new millennium, able to expand as a successful venture but as well strictly adhering to a set of ground positive values like the respect for people and care for the planet we are all living on.

As often in life, the transition from a desired project to the concrete Origamo company was the result of collisions between personal history and some everyday life events.

The Organic touch comes from my youth in France where I grew up in a region of intensive cereal farming. Because of the pesticides spread in the fields surrounding my family’s house, we never could drink the tap water at home. In the summer as well we frequently could not go swimming in the village nearby river, the “Eure”, since the chemical concentration was too high in the water.

I clearly know that I was among the lucky ones, my family could afford buying bottled water, and for the swimming I probably just sweated a bit more in the warm French Summer.

However, very early for me the concept that intensive use of fertilizers and pesticides can impact people’s life got really real. As a result, today, I am a fan and a strong believer in the Organic economy, and I really wanted to have my company promoting this type of activity.

The fair clothing aspect is more tied to life situations. First I was very annoyed that the apparel industry, including potentially my own garments, was regularly spotted for its lack of transparency and for its bad labor and environmental practices. Then I am completely against the race to the bottom triggered by the fast fashion labels, prioritizing collection rotation speed over everything else including product quality. The final touch was put when looking for myself for clothing brands with values I was very limited in terms of offering and quality range.

I decided fill that gap, to create the menswear label that I was looking for myself.

The label has been developed by a millennial founder knowing that our world is fragile and wanting to act accordingly.

Our concept is clear and straight forward, we make High Quality Garments with Care for the Planet and Respect for the People.

We like to use the brand’s motto to wrap this up: Origamo is an Organic and Fair clothing brand.

Our flagship product the Pacific Polo Collection is made of very Soft Organic Pima Cotton from Peru, colored with Eco-Friendly* and Non-Harmful* dyes, and produced in our partner factories that we have personally toured.

* Our dyes are Eekotex and GOTS approved.

With you Origamo wants to make the point that positive corporate culture should not come at the detriment of the products or of the customer, and that it should be a pillar of a more human and sustainable society.

We are very excited to grow the Organic and Fair concept with you, and in order to stay on top of it we commit ourselves to get better every day, by by analyzing our actions, adjust, improve… and repeat :-)

Join us in this Journey, make Origamo your Organic and Fair clothing brand!